The University of Barcelona is listed among the top 50 worldwide universities in four disciplines

Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017.
Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017.
Institutional
(03/07/2017)

The University of Barcelona is among the top worldwide universities in 29 out of the 52 scientific areas analysed in the Shanghai Rankingʼs Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017. In fifteen of these disciplines, the University of Barcelona holds a position among the Top 100 and in the Top 50 with four of them. These are some of the recent conclusions of the new edition of the Shanghai ranking. 

Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017.
Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017.
Institutional
03/07/2017

The University of Barcelona is among the top worldwide universities in 29 out of the 52 scientific areas analysed in the Shanghai Rankingʼs Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017. In fifteen of these disciplines, the University of Barcelona holds a position among the Top 100 and in the Top 50 with four of them. These are some of the recent conclusions of the new edition of the Shanghai ranking. 

In particular, the UB holds privileged positions in Public Health (30th global position) and Clinical Medicine (43rd global position), two disciplines within the area of Life Sciences; Food Science and Technology (36th position) and Human Biological Sciences (44th). In Medical Technology, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Agriculture Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biotechnology and Water Resources, it is listed among the top 75 centers worldwide. In Chemistry, Ecology, Technology and Instruments Science, Materials Science and Engineering and in Environmental Sciences it has a place within the Top 100.

According to the results of the new ranking, the UB holds the lead at a state level by itself in eleven disciplines: Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Biological and Human Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Public Health, Medical Technology, Pharmacy and Education.

Pre-eminence of USAʼs university system

At a global level, number 1 universities are mostly the ones from the United States (32 out of 52), followed by 8 from China and five from the Netherlands. Regarding the Universities, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are the ones with the highest number of first positions, 15 and 5 respectively.

Presence of Catalonia in the ranking

This list shows once again the good results of the Catalan university system. The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), with five disciplines among the top 50 worldwide, and the UB, with four, lead the system list at a state level. Regarding subjects, the UPC shows good results in Instruments Science and Technology (8th position), and the UAB holds the 9th position in Veterinary Sciences.
Shanghai Rankingʼs Global Ranking of Academic Subjects lists more than 4.000 universities in 52 disciplines, grouped in five areas: Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences and Social Sciences. 

The indicators measured the amount of publications, the number of publications in high impact journals, the normalized citation impact, the extent of publications with international collaborations and the highest academic recognitions.